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Exporting Manufactures: Trade Policy or Human Resources?

Published by: IDS

A Framework for Understanding Area-based Decentralisation

Proposes an ideal-type model of decentralisation which consists of five interlocking and mutually reinforcing elements: localisation, flexibility, devolved management, organisational culture change, and democratisation.

The Poor and the Environment: Whose Reality Counts?

Published by: IDS

This paper argues that it is the rich and powerful who do most environmental damage. Blaming poor victims of environmental degradation can lead to policies which do more harm than good.

Local Budgeting in Practise

Published by: University of Bristol

The Politics of Decentralisation: Revitalising Local Government

Published by: Macmillan

This wide-ranging book sets discussion of the various approaches to local government decentralisation in the context of the changing...

Rates of Return to Education: Does the Conventional Pattern Prevail in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Published by: IDS

In his most recent review of rates of return to education (RORE), George Psacharopoulos reaffirms that the conventional pattern of continent-wide aggregate social and private ROREs continues to prevail among both developed and developing countries.

How will the EU Response to the GATT Round Affect Developing Countries?

Published by: IDS

The paper makes an initial analysis of the trade policy changes that the EU will implement to give effect to its GATT Round commitments.

Applied General Equilibrium Modelling: Imperfect Competition and European Integration

Published by: Wiley

Beyond Farmer First: Rural Peoples’ Knowledge, Agricultural Research and Extension Practice

Published by: International Institute for Environment and Development